{"product_id":"9780374302535","title":"Balcony on the Moon: Coming of Age in Palestine","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePicking up where \u003c\/i\u003eTasting the Sky \u003ci\u003eleft off, Balcony on the Moon follows Ibtisam Barakat through her childhood and adolescence in Palestine from 1972-1981 and chronicles her desire to be a writer. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Junior Library Guild Selection\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Palestine Book Award Shortlist Selection\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA VOYA Nonfiction Honor Roll Selection\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Skipping Stones Honor Book\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn Arab-American National Museum Honor Book\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Bank Street College of Education Best Book\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn American Library Association\/Amelia Bloomer Project Top Ten Book\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Notable Book for a Global Society\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA News\u0026amp;Observer Newspaper's Wilde Best Book Award Winner\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Middle East Book Award Honorable Mention\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this follow-up to \u003ci\u003eTasting the Sky, \u003c\/i\u003ea young Ibtisam finds inspiration through writing letters to pen pals and from an adult who encourages her to keep at it, but the most surprising turn of all for Ibtisam happens when her mother decides that she would like to seek out an education, too. This memoir is a touching, at times funny, and enlightening look at the not often depicted daily life in a politically tumultuous area.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Margaret Ferguson Book\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Farrar, Straus and Giroux","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47125434990832,"sku":"9780374302535","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780374302535_p0.jpg?v=1769916899","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780374302535","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}